Eight newcomers join DuPage County Board

Elizabeth Chaplin is congratulated by Judge John Elsner after being sworn in as a District 2 county board member during the 2012 Inauguration of DuPage County elected officials at the Jack T. Knuepfer Administration building in Wheaton on Monday.Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Tonia Khouri gets sworn in as a District 5 board member by Judge John Elsner during the 2012 Inauguration of DuPage County elected officials at the Jack T. Knuepfer Administration building in Wheaton on Monday.Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Richard Jorgensen hugs his wife, appellate judge Ann Jorgensen, after she swore him in as coroner at the 2012 Inauguration of DuPage County elected officials at the Jack T. Knuepfer Administration building in Wheaton on Monday.Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

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A revamped DuPage County Board is ready to begin its work now that eight new members have joined the panel.

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Sitting representatives who have started new terms on the 18-member county board are John Curran, Grant Eckhoff, Paul Fichtner, James D. Healy, Brian Krajewski, Robert L. Larsen, JR McBride, Tony Michelassi, Donald Puchalski and James F. Zay.

The entire board was up for election last month because of the census. Fichtner, DiCianni, Curran, Eckhoff, Khouri and Nowak have terms in office that end in two years. The rest of the board is serving 4-year terms.

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